Week 2 summary and thoughts (BBUK 2026)

Hello, citizens of Big Brother World, as we head into another week and moving on from Millie's eviction where Tays left after 0.00001% of chaos, and BB in their infinte wisdom or in other words, can't help themselves, dropped Philip in the soup when they outed him as Tays's deputy

Although you wouldn't think the housemates were mad at him, judging by the non reaction in the episodes after the first eviction. More on that later possibly....

Deep breaths, as you may have seen, Jedward were announced as the next ones in, and despite misgivings they didn't spill too much thankfully, in fact they didn't even need to be in there the way these housemates are blowing up the house by themselves. When Jedward did come out though, and credit to them, yes that did hurt to say that, they did call out the showmances and even better demanded the live feed on their social media when they came out, which in case you missed it was sacrificed on the altar to make way for the celebrity fees

Johanne v The House, Rochelle trying and failing badly with her Nikki (RIP) impersonation in the Diary Room, Rob and his West End singing and dancing auditions, and yes unfortunately the showmances have ramped up with Right Guard (Lynx) and Chelsey and Bro Omar innit and the Clueless wannabe Rhianna... Rhianna wouldn't touch him with a 10 foot barge pole on the outside in my opinion, their circles are so different, and he can barely speak English with all this urban gangster crap. E iz not wicked, bro....

So what better way to start than the very short visit of Jedward, who popped out of a giant pink egg with most of the housemates wondering who they were, especially Rochelle. I know a lot like her, but jeez she hasn't got a clue about this show, bless her. It was revealed that things were to be done in pairs until further notice, and that Jedward would be picking the pairs. 

The pairs turned out to be:

Charlotte and Philip

Chelsey and Frankie

Johanne and Samuel

Pauline and Omar

Rhianna and Lynx

Rochelle and Rob

Yasmine and Harry

Bunch of silly games involved, and there is a leaderboard to whichever pair finishes top wins immunity

We started off with Jepic Pairs, another attempt at stirring with questions like Who is the biggest buzzkill which ended up causing more ructions as Johanne got the honour of biggest buzzkill. It only takes a few words with this lot and they are off on one going at each others throats.

Then Jedward gave Rhianna some 'advice' which ended up getting back to the Love Island crew and Right Guard storming off to Jedward, who were relaxing in the tub, and I think you know which way this went, as Jedward splashed Lynx, and he ended up having to be held back by everyone else

To cut a long story short, Johanne and Samuel won the immunity, but the tension was still in the air

Jedward had been moved to somewhere else or else there would have been blood on the bedroom carpet by morning, due to the near punch up the previous night. But somebody out there had other plans for that day, with tennis balls flying in over the wall with all sorts of messages such as:

"Lynx has a girlfriend"

"There is still a secret mole"

"Tiffany Pollard is arriving next week"

Members of the public or production staff, YOU decide

How many times has BB had to repeat themselves with this lot, whether it be trying to get their attention, telling someone to leave, go to the diary room or even go indoors immediately....

And now to that age old problem, in which the housemates KNOW they can talk about nominations without fear of a serious punishment and get some quick airtime, and this was no different.

Too many to do jail time, so it was cleaning detail for Chelsey, Frankie, Omar, Rihanna, Pauline and Yasmin. Wow, that will teach them a lesson they will never forget....not. No wonder they laugh at BB every time they are called out, and start rubbing their hands at the airtime they get when they are punished.

But in a miracle, there were normal(ish) nominations in which Pauline and Chelsey found themselves on the chopping block. Chelsey I can understand, and it does look quite inevitable she will go, at least I hope so, and then hopefully we can concentrate on picking off one half of the other showmance in Ali G wannabe or Clueless wannabe. Surprised Philip wasn't in the mix, given he was outed as the mole's deputy, must have spun some fancy words to them once the eviction was done. Of course if he did we didn't get to see them due to no live feed. They can do a feed, but choose not to. Really sucks.

By the way I am liking they have to gather on the sofas for nominations, prefer that to the way it was done from Series 8 to the end of the dark era when they could just lounge around all over the house, adds to the tension with all those looks and side glances to the sofas wondering who nominated who

Did you know that Rhianna said in passing to Chelsey, she would leave with her if Chelsey left....Yes please, get rid of both showmances in one swoop and save a lot of money on our part. Right Guard and Ali G would have to find something else to do, instead of floating around sucking the faces of their bits of fluff in there.

Now on to the Cbeebies shopping task where as usual the rules are as clear as mud, and is all down to BB to decide whichever way they want their stories to go. How fitting it's a Noah's Ark type task where they have to work in pairs in various tasks. I sure miss the days when EVERYONE had to put effort in from the start, rather than just sitting around napping. Remember those days?

No doubt there will be a shedload of stirring thrown in where it's not needed with this lot, wouldn't be an ITV era shopping task without it.

Oh yeah, Rochelle and Johanne went at it again, this time over a chicken. Although to be fair the chicken was very under-done along with the rice. Cherry on the cake time, as BB punished them for nominations talk again, and yes they laughed. Little wonder seeing what the punishment was in washing and peeling carrots. That was quite a conversation they had when talking about nominations, come on BB grow some cajones this lot are really walking all over you.

And so we move onto eviction night, and may I say a quiet woop woop to start, but anytime Chelsey's name came up VERY loud boos, make of that what you will.

But first the last embers of the shopping task, and somehow they managed to pass again and get another luxury budget. Will say the edit is working towards trying to get Pauline out next week, making her look irritable when Rochelle had to make some sacrifices to the shopping list and then making her look overconfident about staying in there when the whole world knew Chelsey would be going.

That was indeed the case when it came to chucking out time, Chelsey out and it's a case of one showmance down, one to go. Rhianna looking to end things with Ali G, aka Omar, and go with Lynx. I feel a triangle storyline coming on with those 3, lucky us if that is the case eh?

So Week 2 comes to an end, with the next theme announced as House of Nothing, and no celebrity announced yet, and some breaking news.....

Charlotte has left the house after deciding it's not for her and will not be coming back, whether there is a replacement on the way we'll have to wait and see.

What does House of Nothing entail? THEY decide and what celebrity would fit into this theme, wonder if they backed out of putting Tiffany Pollard in there after the tennis balls found their way in....

Anyway, think that about covers most of the week that was, and we move on to week 3

Usual shout out to BB on Blast, check out their channel right here

Until next time, keep on rocking......

Week 1 ramblings (BBUK 2026) House of Chaos

Greetings, citizens of Big Brother land, as we head into another series which has been extended to 8 weeks

Very indifferent start to this series I would say, as in it being all but confirmed a "different house" each week and the added problem of celebrities being chucked in every week, and to which two of them have been confirmed by the various toilet papers. Names I won't reveal to those who will want to wait until they are officially confirmed, sorry but I do want to get off to a good start with this year's summaries, instead of going stir crazy from the off.

And, yes there are housemates in this series, even though they will probably be shadows and wallpaper in their own series once these celebrities start filing in

Shall we meet these extras then, I mean housemates, only briefly though as there is a lot of work to do as I write this with the first eviction looming

Yasmin - Manchester

Harry - Croyden

Chelsey - Originally from Grimsby, but now in Manchester

Philip - Liverpool

Lynx - Wolverhampton

Charlotte - Oxford

Pauline - Essex

Rochelle - Essex

Millie - Glasgow

Frankie - London

Samuel - Slough

Rob - Devon

Rhianna - Chelsea

Omar - London

Johanne - Los Angeles

Pfft, only one Scot and no Welsh or Irish housemate. Guess us Welsh and Irish weren't sufficiently entertaining. Although looking at the twist, could have had a lucky escape with what's planned, but hopefully there will be some Welsh and Irish people on standby in case any of this lot walk or are kicked out

Oh yes, in case you didn't know there was a 24 hour feed for the test run in which some influencers went in there, and were given various tasks, secret missions and the jail made an appearance as well so that will most likely make an appearance in the main series, instead of the more serious punishments which most out here want, and that the housemates won't laugh at.

So they have shown they can run a feed, and it was pretty good and unfiltered with the swear words kept in as it was Youtube and the influencers accounts, but won't do it for the main series as they have said there is NO feed for the main series. Seriously? we have to rely on their version of events for every argument and not be allowed to enjoy, complain or both about housemates? Ridiculous if you ask me, it's like Love Island with them in total control of what we see in that house, and then shoving their 'lovey-dovey' showmances down our throats. Who goes, stays or wins. THEY decide

Anyway, no point in going over old rope as they won't change their minds, a pretty standard launch with the usual screaming and shouting from our new not rights, probably due to launch night nerves. Some had the look of recruits, especially Philip and his Tik Tok channel "Queen of Scotty Road", god this guy is going to be annoying from the word go and he didn't disappoint, more on that later.

One I think I did get wrong though was Frankie, thought he was going to be a right ladies man, but he did come out as bisexual a couple of days in, and that couldn't have been easy. Will he win? Not sure he will. Omar and his urban talk innit, and Lynx going in there just to score. Just pack these two along with Chelsey and Rhianna off to Love Island, so we can enjoy BBUK without these four getting shoved down our throats, even when they so much as breathe on each other and everything taken out of context

Think the honour of winning may go to Samuel, he looks like the one who will go on the 'journey'. But it's very early days yet, and of course housemates can go from hero to zero as the edit works in very strange ways, and with no feed this series that goes double.... Some ways, Samuel reminds me somewhat of myself as in really nerdy, although he's got guts for going in there I'll give him that. Something I've already tried twice, but never really got past the first round of auditions. Then again I was going for series 7 and 8 which were probably all but settled anyway, and I would have probably been climbing the walls if I had been in one of those series  Already christened him Brains, so if you see that reference in the future ramblings that's him.

So many arguments as well which will please a lot of the fanbase, should have named this week Johanne v The House seeing she's at the centre of most of the arguments so far

Rochelle says she applied for a joke, and it shows as well as she hasn't got a clue how this show works. She's already had handbags with Johanne and made borderline inappropriate comments to various housemates, which has landed her on the chopping block. More on that in a little while.....

Oh yes did I forget to mention there is a pair of moles in there? Big Brother didn't tell us enough at first, repeatedly telling us 'There's a mole in the house' but they thankfully eased off. The mole, in case anyone missed it and I'm sure they didn't, is Tays. One of the influencers from the test feed, and BB's personal choice I may add. He chose Philip as his deputy, lucky us I suppose. Will be glad when Tays is gone, added NOTHING with this mole crap, but then we have the celebrities looming and this goes on for the rest of the series

Truth is, there has not been much chaos, BUT as usual there has been nominations meddling from the word go with him and Philip the only ones nominating this week, and they decided to nominate Pauline, the possible rebel without a clue aka Kitten if she stays in, Rochelle, no surprise there and also Millie. 

Hard to believe Millie was a possible favourite at the start, and now she's just been relegated to the wallpaper. People lobbying hard for her to go as the 'sacrificial lamb' with the old mantra "If Rochelle goes, so does the drama"

I don't believe that personally, she's already said she wants to go several times and maybe she should be granted her wish? It would be a waste to keep her in there as she could walk soon anyway..... Just send her on her way from a place she doesn't want to be in.

HOWEVER, Big Brother were at it again, this time with save and replace. The 3 facing the public vote had a chance to save themselves if they could guess who the mole was. Good luck with that as they hardly know each other, heck we know even less about them all with no feed. What chance have Pauline, Rochelle and Millie got?

Hardly none as all 3 failed spectacularly and will face the public vote. Only on BBUK eh? A female goes first, only two males have broken that streak and both quite forgettable in the process.

To round things off, a less than entertaining so far shopping task, what else is new.... And yes there is stirring included and the rules as clear as mud, so nothing new there in this era. Hopefully it will pick up before the eviction, but not getting hopes up.

With the celebrities looming this is going to feel like series 16 where the civilians were overshadowed by the show chucking in celebrities hoping something would stick, and then certain ex housemates were chucked in, with one going over the wall, two leaving via the front door, and the other overstaying their welcome by a good long while. Hope this series won't turn into that, but not feeling hopeful.

Why no feed then, probably to do with this ridiculous twist with the celebrities and ITV's obsession with celebrities with all these shows they feel the celebrities should be on. I mean what's happened to the days when we have had Noel's House Party, Game for a Laugh and Beadle's About to name but a few, where the public were the stars, rather the usual celebrities who will turn up for the opening of an envelope, if it made them a little cash on the side.

Anyway, back to the show and back from the eviction and to no surprise Millie has left, so cue BB ramping up the drama now Rochelle is still there.

Shopping task passed for what it's worth, as they'll get parties and treats anyway

Tays was revealed as the mole, and Philip as his deputy. We don't get to see the fallout live if there is any, only the few small crumbs the show can edit, cut and paste any way they want ready for Sunday. 

Really sucks there is NO feed, as they have most likely blown the budget paying for all the celebrities.

Not much learned from either Tays or Millie's interviews, but the worst news at the end. Those clowns known as Jedward will be moving in for a week, the theme now changing to Double Trouble. So much for these housemates enjoying their experience....

What exactly will Jedward and the other 6 celebrities bring to this series? Absolutely nothing, zilch, zip, nada

The show have got a potential gold mine with these housemates, and now they are being screwed over by them backstage, and in some ways the viewers are being screwed with no feed to watch the Philip fallout alive amongst other things

Better stop before I get really wound up

A shout out for BB on Blast, as they prepare to go on the air with their first pod of this series very soon, channel right here

Until next time, keep on rocking and god help the housemates for the next 7 weeks.......